John Deere 336 Square Baler

In deer proof gardening, for instance, this can be quite literal since plants that smell offensive to deer can deter them from their favorite edibles. This quote can apply to certain aspects of gardening too.

Use streamers to warn deer of the presence of the fence and keep them from running through. For high populations of deer, use multiple electric wires at 10, 20 and 30 inches from the ground.

One of the most effective garden deer repellents includes the use of an egg mixture (80 percent water to 20 percent eggs), which is sprayed on the plants and reapplied each month.When all else fails, you may want to discourage these animals by removing...

The bar soap method did seem to be effective for a while, then the deer seemed to get used to it and went ahead and did their damage. If it's not tall enough, however, the deer will jump over it, so a trick of baiting them to the fence may be used if...

Deer resistant garden plans should complement the existing landscape and enhance the area. Other plants may not be suitable because they need too much water or your site may not have the correct exposure.

Watching deer is an incredibly enjoyable pastime; however, the fun stops when the deer decide to make a lunch buffet of your garden. Therefore, don't be alarmed if even some of your so-called deer resistant plants become a quick snack.freestar.queue.push(function()...

The same goes for plants with hairy leaves. In a couple of nights, one or two deer can devastate a perennial landscape design you've spent months to perfect. Any gardener who finds deer in the neighborhood will never look at Bambi the same way again.

If you decide to use a tree wrap, make sure it reaches a point about five feet off the ground and leave it up through the winter. These materials protect the tree from deer damage without causing damage of their own when force is applied to their surfaces.

Conventional 8-foot woven wire fences are proven barriers to deer marauders. Apply repellents at the first sign of damage. Beyond fencing, are there other deer proofing methods for fruit trees and are there any fruit trees deer won't eat?If it isn't illegal...

Top Meanwhile, in 1936, a “man named Innes,” of Davenport , Iowa , pioneered an automatic, self-tying baler using knotters from a John Deere grain binder. Like their predecessor, our comparison models process hay into easy-to-handle, stack and store...

The blossoms last from midsummer until fall, and they are followed by colorful berries. Other uses include containers,The species plants self-seed and can become weedy, particularly common St. John's wort ().

Cutting back St. John's wort shrub just before the new growth begins is ideal.Before you start cutting back St. John's wort, be sure your shears are clean and sharp. You can prune St. John's wort very severely – almost all the way to the ground –...

Effective St John's wort control with this method comes from removing all the roots and getting rid of St. John's wort before it produces seeds.It may take weeks or even months of pulling or digging to get rid of St. John's wort.

Regional gardeners were growing Tutsan shrubs to make tinctures that cured all sorts of ills. They are both forms of Hypericum but Tutsan has larger floral displays than theAn interesting bit of Tutsan plant info, states that this Hypericum's leaves were...

Be patient, as germination takes one to three months.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });In time, the plant spreads up to 3 feet (1 m.) to form a dense, flowering mat.

We started a few weeks ago with some of the faster-growing fields, but that was a relatively small project compared with last week , when we put up about 600 small square bales in two days, with plenty more still to come.

This plant deserves better. Silver sage is pretty tough in that it is somewhat drought-tolerant and deer-resistant...but please, don't abuse yours like I did mine. For a cool container arrangement, picture the ‘wow factor' that would result from pairing...

But the best defense is a good offense: choose plants that aren't attractive to animals in the first place. Numerous home remedies are reputed to keep critters at bay, and an entire industry has created all sorts of commercial products that claim to repel...

They had certainly not been planted as cuisine for the local wildlife. We are surrounded by crop land and pastures. And so began my search for deer-resistant plants. Test a small amount on the plants before dousing the entire garden with it.Place mothballs,...

Actual combine machinery used by industrial farms costs tens of thousands of dollars or more. Downsides are making major investments in hydroponics equipment, finding the plants that do well growing without soil, and having a learning curve of how much...

The flowers are so unusual and striking that it only takes three bulbs to create a nice display. You may be surprised to find that the bulbhas a hole going all the way through it from top to bottom.

Their key recommendations were to ban the non-therapeutic use of antimicrobials in food animal production to reduce the risk of antimicrobial resistance to medically important antibiotics and other antimicrobials define non-therapeutic use of antimicrobials...

(I'm a perpetual list maker —I can't help myself!) Maybe on your farm, you're still trudging on 'til dark, but soon enough, you'll enter into the season of rest, as well. In the off season, you'll likely spend time indoors catching up on farm planning...

Stabel and her team vaccinated calves with an effective commercial Johne's vaccine to test cross reactivity with tuberculosis tests. Read more about this research in the April 2013 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.

Protect vulnerable garden areas closer to the house with deer fencing or deer-resistant hedges--an excellent use for holly--and use deer repellents for extra discouragement.Hollies, both tree and shrub varieties, are frequently included on deer-resistant...

Some birds call these houses "home", thanks to John Looser, a Dave's Garden member. Then, he created larger birdhouses; more people slowed down to stare. After a devastating doctor's diagnosis, John's passion for woodworking and building houses emerged...

They even dug up some of my bearded iris rhizomes and nibbled them into bits! I usually don't have much trouble from them during the spring and summer months, at least nothing that a few sprays of deer repellant won't fix, but I have a feeling this year...